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City of Norwalk, CT
Fairfield County
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[Adopted 6-14-1961]
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Editor's Note: See also Art. IX and Ch. 41, Fire Department.
(Charter Amendment 11-3-1970; effective 7-1-1971.)
The jurisdiction of the Norwalk Fire Department shall extend to the entire City of Norwalk except to the Sixth Taxing District.
A. 
The Norwalk Fire Department shall maintain adequate fire-fighting force within the Fifth Taxing District of the City of Norwalk and in addition thereto shall maintain all necessary fire houses and fire-fighting equipment within the boundaries of the Fifth Taxing District of the City of Norwalk, except the Sixth Taxing District.
(Charter Amendment 11-3-1970, effective 7-1-1971.)
B. 
The Norwalk Fire Department shall make available the services of its entire department to the entire city whenever they may be required.
(Charter Amendment 11-3-1970, effective 7-1-1971.)
All of the inhabitants and the real and personal property within the limits of the Fifth Taxing District, with the exception of the Sixth Taxing District, shall be liable to taxation in order to defray the expenses of the Norwalk Fire Department. An appropriation to cover the operation of the Norwalk Fire Department shall be included in the annual budget of the city.
(Charter Amendment 11-3-1970, effective 7-1-1971.)
At such time as the Sixth Taxing District shall cease to maintain its own Fire Department, the Sixth Taxing District shall no longer be excepted from the provisions of §§ 1-665 and 1-666 hereinabove, and all of the inhabitants and real and personal property within the Fifth Taxing District shall be liable to taxation to defray the expenses of said department.